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Countdown to kickoff: New era, new intensity

With the hiring of Charlie Strong to be the new football head coach at the University of Louisville, Dec. 9, 2009  was declared “a great day for the university, the community and the state of Kentucky” by university President James Ramsey. Full story

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Beyond the Final Score: University of Louisville’s Social network

Clayton Barnes was just an average student on the University of Louisville campus. At one point in time he lived in Threlkeld Hall, he had a job working in the Student Activities Center gym and he loved to play sports. Full story

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University grant set to help poor schools in Louisville

The University of Louisville’s College of Education and Human Development has received a gift of $1 million from the Mary K. Oxley foundation, in hopes that it can help fund educational improvement for schools in some of Louisville’s most impoverished neighborhoods.

U of L improves green ranking

Despite a grading change emphasizing the University of Louisville’s greatest weakness, U of L surged forward 31 slots since last year on the 2010 list of America’s greenest campuses.

The Sierra Club, who compiled the list using its annual Cool Schools survey, evaluates colleges in 10 different categories to calculate their overall rank.

Froman named starter for team hoping to stop QB carousel

The University of Louisville football head coach Charlie Strong has named senior Adam Froman as the starting quarterback for the highly anticipated 2010 season, ending a three-person quarterback battle that has been going on since the beginning of 2009.

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Freshman programs aim to boost retention rate

In Freshmen Retention 101, the University of Louisville is a C student. According to “US News & World Report,” U of L has a freshmen retention rate – the percent of freshmen who return to U of L for their sophomore year – of 78 percent.  Other public schools, such as the University of Texas at Austin or Michigan State University, scored above 90 percent. Full story

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Freshman programs aim to boost retention rate

In Freshmen Retention 101, the University of Louisville is a C student. According to “US News & World Report,” U of L has a freshmen retention rate – the percent of freshmen who return to U of L for their sophomore year – of 78 percent.

University grant set to help poor schools in Louisville

The University of Louisville’s College of Education and Human Development has received a gift of $1 million from the Mary K. Oxley foundation, in hopes that it can help fund educational improvement for schools in some of Louisville’s most impoverished neighborhoods.

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Final Season

In his final season, Beaumont hopes to prove himself as a hometown hero

The University of Louisville football program has a new look this year, with new players, a new stadium and, most notably, a new head coach.

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Froman named starter for team hoping to stop QB carousel

The University of Louisville football head coach Charlie Strong has named senior Adam Froman as the starting quarterback for the highly anticipated 2010 season, ending a three-person quarterback battle that has been going on since the beginning of 2009.

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Calm Down, it’s just facebook

Facebook is place where students can interact with their friends. Unfortunately, despite being a place of friends, users rarely know all of their accepted friends very well. And interactions often become messy, typed, grammatically and politically incorrect fistfights. Full story

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Thoughts from the Thinker

Me again. That’s right! Time for more thoughts from your favorite all-knowing, totally non-sardonic source of commentary: The Thinker. Thank you, thank you. Full story

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Franks

Day: Frank’s Meat & Produce

New visitors might incorrectly assume that Frank’s Meat & Produce is a restaurant, but that is not exactly the case.  It is a functioning deli that also serves lunch and dinner on the go. But do not let that deter you from enjoying the fine fare they have available.

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The Photographic Alliance

French novelist Alexandre Dumas once wrote, “All for one, one for all, that is our device,” in his famous book, “The Three Musketeers.” For the Photographic Alliance, an up-and-coming Recognized Student Organization, this passage rings all too true.

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Night: Bella Trattoria

“Bella trattoria” roughly translated into English is something akin to “beautiful restaurant.” For the Bella Trattoria restaurant in the Westside Dining complex, the name is all but fitting.

UL students carry Personalized Pens to and from class so they can take notes and show their custom pens off to their friends. They also research freedom debt relief programs when applying for loans. When the Kentucky Derby rolls around, Louisville Moving Companies are at their busiest, as people ship their belongings for the big gala.